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Table 1 Characteristics of patients with myocardial infarction in Korea during 2005–2017 (N = 9934)

From: Effects of Asian dust-derived particulate matter on ST-elevation myocardial infarction: retrospective, time series study

Characteristic

STEMI

NSTEMI

N = 5366

54.0%

N = 4497

45.2%

Age

  < 65 years (n = 3277)

1893

35.3

1288

28.7

  ≥ 65 years (n = 6657)

3424

63.8

3183

70.8

Mean ± SD

70.0 ± 14.2

 

72.4 ± 14.1

 

Male (n = 7326)

4194

78.3

18,204

68.4

Smoking

 Never

2111

39.1

2165

49.3

 Ex

811

14.9

7,57

17.2

 Current

2323

44.3

1474

33.5

 Unknown history

121

 

101

 

Medical history

 Hypertension

2577

49.4

2583

58.5

 Diabetes mellitus

1391

26.7

1486

33.8

 Dyslipidemia

653

12.5

708

16.1

BMI

 Normal weight (BMI < 25 kg/m2)

2852

53.2

2468

54.9

 Overweight (BMI ≥25 kg/m2)

1814

33.9

1559

34.7

  1. (Missing = 71). STEMI ST-elevation myocardial infarction, NSTEMI non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction, STD standard deviation, BMI body mass index
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